No Contest

Yep, right now it isn't even fair that I write about healthy eating when I am so sick I can't even eat.  We had to watch the 2 grands today while Kar took a class for certification so we took them to GFV.  I was in so much pain the whole time but it did help pass the time.  We left a little early because I thought Donaldo might have to drop me off at ER, but when I got home I took an anti-nausea pill and felt some better.  I have so much gas-I don't know where it comes from and it is so painful that I know why babies cry so hard when they have colic.  It all started with this new medication I am taking  for my headaches-and I am determined not to take any today.  I just have to make it to 11:00 a.m. tomorrow for my doctor's appointment. So basically, I am not eating much, and the weight is dropping off-so I guess you can say that is one good thing-except it is not a good way to do it; besides you gain it back when you feel better (hopefully). 
It's kind of ironic that you go on a healthy diet and then feel so horrible.  And THAT is my tale of woe. But never mind about that, I was still able to snap a few photos.

It was a very breezy, partly cloudy day and not very crowded.  I think JB is getting some molars back there while his sister has a loose tooth. 

                             

It Isn't easy......

Life has it's little rough spots here and there and I am in one now.  Still having tummy trouble and pain so really dieting is a non-issue right now.  I still don't eat sugar and today I had some simple carbs....but that's how it is. I have a doctor's appointment with my GI doctor on Wednesday.  I did feel fine this morning....went swimming by myself.  Donaldo had a lot of outside work to do; trimming bushes and weeding and cutting the grass so he didn't want to expand too much energy swimming laps which is reasonable. 
If I didn't have swimming, I don't know what exercise I would do, because this is the only one I can stick to and actually like.  It does require effort to get up-and actually go, but once I am there I really like it and I feel so much better afterward.  I think exercise is a must in maintaining health and losing weight.  I will never be the size I was when I married and was for 20 years afterward, but seeing the scale go down is rewarding.  I think it is healthy for your heart and lungs to exercise. I wish everyone could do water exercise; I think it is so much easier on your body. 

Potent Quotable

                              

"Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life.  He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thristy.'"  John 6:35

It Would Be So Easy.....

to slip back into bad habits after losing 10 lbs.  You feel kind of free and just kind of want to eat more.  Especially if I start to feel better like I do this morning.  Oh, I hope, hope this pain goes away for good.  They changed my medication to something in the same family but slightly different.  The doctor had no other explanation for my pain.  So, I can see how it would be so easy to fall back into old patterns.  I don't think it is ever easy to lose weight and keep it off.  Also, I am really not "on a diet", it is more like healthy eating; no sugar or simple carbs, but it is so simple to eat the wrong things.  
This morning I did not feel like going swimming, but I got my bod out of the old bed and trudged out of the house and drove to the rec center.  I quickly entered the water just to "get it over with."  It would have so much nicer to stay home.  But I shaved five minutes of the time and got home in record time and I am glad I went.  Gotta keep sticking to it. I just have to!!!

The Mark

I weighed in after swimming this morning and I hit the 10lb weight loss mark which took me just over 7 weeks. 

Sugar Water

After my ER visit last night, I ate sparingly today to keep things quieted down.  Since I didn't eat much yesterday or today it wouldn't be fair to say I lost more weight.  The funniest thing of the ER visit if you can call anything in ER funny was, they hooked me up to an IV that had glucose in it.  That is SUGAR water.  Me, who has avoided sugar for 6 weeks, got sugar shot right into my veins and into my blood and the rest of my body.  Ha!  Maybe that's what I need to get well!!

It seems:

*that I am still having tummy issues-had a lot of pain today. Not sure what to do.

*that the women in the River Walk need to walk a little faster and talk less.

*that Weight Watchers has changed it's program.  I heard you can eat all the fruit that you want.  But as someone pointed out, that might be going over the top, because a calories is a calorie and some fruits have a lot.  I love fruit. I don't know, what do you think?

*it is hard to maintain ANY type of diet, but if it fits your life-style it is a good one.

*it seems at this age, you really have to cut back and really exercise!

*I have to stop drinking my 1/4 cup of coffee and see if that helps the tummy problems.

*That it might be hard for me to reach that 10 lb goal.

*that I am happy I am doing the best I can :)